TONY Augarde is never slow to snipe from the sidelines (Oxford Mail, September 7), but I don’t think I have ever seen his name in a list of candidates for election.

If we are all doing so badly, he has a chance to show his worth in the city council elections in 2012 or the county council elections in 2013.

Come on Mr Augarde, let’s see you put your democratic skills where your mouth and pen are.

Keith R Mitchell, Leader of the Council, Oxfordshire County Council, County Hall, Oxford